Customer Reviews

Learning Resources Cross Section Human Heart Model

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I ordered this toy for demonstration purposes in an upcoming Toastmasters speech I'm giving. The foam is really neat, but the printed depictions of the cross section should be laminated or something. They are sort of "cheap" and the only disappointing part to this toy. The inside will not hold up to kids playing with it.

It is an accurate depiction of the heart - including the chordae (strings) on the mitral valve. It does not show the leaflets of the valves, but most kids are not going to care.

The vendor shipped the product the day I ordered it and I had it a couple of days after. That was impressive. It was well packaged.

There is a neat leaflet that accompanies this that outlines several projects.

I am overall very happy with my purchase.

It is about the right size for a heart. I think it will be durable for my 7 yr old to play with, it is made of foam (like the stress toys.). The heart parts and the names are screen printed on the insides. It's 2 pieces, it is nice that there are not a hundred pieces to have to pick up.

As someone who has had open heart surgery it is nice to see that a child friendly model has been made at a reasonable price.

I bought this product wanting to learn more about the heart for my cardiovascular chapter in Anatomy class. When the heart arrived, I was a bit surprised at its size. It's a bit small, and it doesn't really define the atriums/ventricles. It is made of foam. As for use of a toy, it is nice. But for an advanced course, this isn't it.

I can't believe anyone would pay the price amazon is charging for this piece of junk and be happy. It's two pieces of foam with paint and stickers on it. The pieces don't even fit together well and you can see all along the edges where it came out of the mold because it's bumpy all the way around. I have a 7 year old who LOVES Science and is very bright and this is going to BORE her, yet 7+ is the recommended age. This is ridiculously over-simplified, over-priced, and NOT well-made at all. NOT happy, would NOT recommend.

We ordered this heart model for my daughter to use with her science board. It is made of a semi squishy foam with a plastic overlay of the diagram of the inside of the heart. The cross section view is a good example but it looks a little confusing. We expected the model to be of a stronger material but the foam works too. It was also smaller than we expected but if you hold it up to an adults body it looks close to the actual size.

This is a great model for younger children that want and need to explore the heart but that may be too young for dissecting just yet. It could also benefit the ones who get queasy and cannot make it through an actual dissection. It is sturdy, fun, and interesting. We have enjoyed having it in our homeschool cabinet. We have taken it out and used it over and over again. Having the parts labeled on one side and blank on the other allows for a good quiz. We made it into a fun quiz game!

I purchased this to use with my Biology class when teaching the circulatory system. It worked great for them to gain an understanding of the basic structure and anastomy of the heart. I would not use it to teach Anatomy, but for Biology it was sufficient and worked great!